Table 8-1
Electricity generated from fossil fuels — Total electricity generated

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Electricity generated from fossil fuels — Total electricity generated
Table summary
This table displays a modeled breakdown of total electricity generated from fossil fuels. The row headers provide information by province. The column headers provide information by fuel type in gigawatt hours.
  Coal Natural gas Diesel and light fuel oil Heavy fuel oil 1 Wood and spent pulping liquor Other fuels 2 Total all fuels
  gigawatt hours
Canada 65,716 65,477 2,561 1,948 10,212 268 146,184
Newfoundland and Labrador . 922 974 0 .. .. 1,897
Prince Edward Island . . 5 1 3 .. 9
Nova Scotia 5,528 1,136 22 202 289 .. 7,179
New Brunswick 2,306 2,212 27 1,199 361 2 6,108
Quebec . 101 153 340 813 26 1,432
Ontario 0 19,403 67 147 818 107 20,543
Manitoba 106 183 24 19 100 12 445
Saskatchewan 12,871 6,498 16 0 0 0 19,385
Alberta 44,905 31,709 24 31 809 31 77,509
British Columbia 0 3,304 266 9 7,019 90 10,688
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut . 8 981 . .. 0 989
Includes petroleum coke
Includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels and station service.
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